SimCity... the end is near

[Jonny]

And I see some buildings on 45 degree angles on the second shot, too. This new shot gets my hopes up a little... but I'm still waiting for some more solid information.

[Blake]

SimCity has always been the history of Maxis... but it doesn't seem like it stays this way, as apparently it's Tilted Mill who's making this game (a game company who has IMHO never created a game, that even comes close to the quality of Maxis' games)

And considering how low the quality of EA-Maxis games have been .

[:) Smiley]

This looks like something straight out of a Chinese real estate brochure.

Who knows, the Chinese probably will come out with some hyper-realistic SimCity in the next couple years. SimCity might as well be SimChina - where else do 5-million people cities get built from scratch?

[:) Smiley]

instant plaza and lake!

[:) Smiley]

generic Chinese skyline!

[bipolarbear]

I wish they'd do something Spore-ish and combine this with The Sims, so you can cycle between the micro and macro.

[snoopy369]

You're trying to give DrSpike a heart attack, right?

Anyway, eww. No. Not interested in that, sorry RoN was about as far as you can go in that direction (merging that macro with micro play), as far as I'm concerned. Spore is a continuous storyline; swapping from Sim City to The Sims would be insane.

[Adagio]

Originally posted by Sn00py
Here's another screenshot of Simcity 5000 supposedly.

Looks better, but haven't heard about this being from SimCity 5

Originally posted by Lazerus
Damn is that second pic seriously an ingame shot ?

Nope, that's just most SimCity gamers dream: A more realistic and beautiful city

Originally posted by Wiglaf
SC has never really been a hardcore sim, sorry to disappoint you.

I never said that, but it sounds like SimCity 5 is going in the opposite direction than what I want it to go

[Nikolai]

I dream of the second screenshot, fear the first one as hell and can accept the third one if the game is better than the failure that was SC4.

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by VJ
They're milking the franchise for all it's worth. If you're buying this, you're suckers. And I bet many still will, turning SC5 into a impressively profitful project (compared to amount invested in $) for Maxis.

You do realize the game will be made by Tilted Mill, and published by EA? No Maxis involvement at all, IIUC.

[lord of the mark]

ive only played Simcity2000, which was not an accurate sim in many ways. My understanding is that 3000 and 4, while improving realism of apppearance dramatically, and of gameplay somewhat, are still not realistic sims. But the spirit of the series is that "realism is good" - the fanbase had a fairly "grognard" mindset, which Maxis legitimized and encouraged, a very different approach in the "its only a game" ethos that pervades most big commercial games and their communities. I think losing that ethos is what the community is afraid of.

I will wait and see. I dont particularly want to see Caesar in modern dress (Actually that might be a good game, but I wouldnt want to completely lose this series to get it) OTOH I wouldnt judge the graphics this early, nor would I assume that they will make a game untrue to the series (though they may not push it further toward realism)

I likely wont have the PC power to run it anytime soon anyway.

[Adagio]

Originally posted by lord of the mark
ive only played Simcity2000, which was not an accurate sim in many ways. My understanding is that 3000 and 4, while improving realism of apppearance dramatically, and of gameplay somewhat, are still not realistic sims

None of the SimCity games where that realistic, but for each game it became more realistic. And SimCity games are the most realistic city builder games there are
SimCity fans has been complaining about it being unrealistic, most see it as it's going the wrong way it if becomes less realistic


But of course there will always be some people who'll end up loving this game, just as some people love CityLife. But IMHO it's not a good idea to make all veteran SimCity fans angry, it's us who made SimCity the success it is today

[Maquiladora]

Originally posted by Sn00py
Here's another screenshot of Simcity 5000 supposedly.

It's so obviously a fake. Anyone that's used google maps should notice that.

And if it looks anything like the first shot in the OP then I ain't buying it either. Reminds me of Theme Park World compared to Rollercoaster Tycoon

[Spaced Cowboy]

Yes the 2nd and 3rd pics are definitely fakes, no way can they get that level of detail in repeating tile sets.

Looks like pic 1 has the best possibility of being real...LOL...1800s style architecture with 1950's cars.

[Adagio]

Originally posted by Spaced Cowboy
Yes the 2nd and 3rd pics are definitely fakes, no way can they get that level of detail in repeating tile sets.

Looks like pic 1 has the best possibility of being real...LOL...1800s style architecture with 1950's cars.

Pic 1 is real AFAIK
Pic 2 is without doubt not from SimCity 5 (I believe someone created that to show how they wanted SimCity 5 to look like)
Pic 3 looks nice and shouldn't be that hard to accomplish, but I don't believe it's from SimCity 5 (haven't seen it mentioned anywhere else)


If pic 2 was real, then everybody would have been screaming "I can't wait to get my hands on that game" instead of "let's do everything we can to make EA cancel the game" like they scream about now